An Arizona elementary school teacher with 24 years on the job was fired for defending an African American 9-year-old student who was being bullied by a group of students that used the n-word during their taunts.

An internet hoax that reports on a Tuscon, Arizona mass transit project with the racy and unfortunate (for some) acronym C.L.I.T.T. caught the eye of social media maven George Takei, and has local area officials up in arms.